[东北师范大学]报刊选读（高起本）（离线考核）
离线考核
《报刊选读（高起本）》
满分100分
I. Select from the lettered choice the one, which best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of your choice in the brackets.（每题2分，共20分。）
1.The Bush administration wanted to have percent of Medicare patients in H.M.O.’s by 2005.
A. 13 B. 14 C. 30 D. 33
2.In a 2000 survey by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute, fewer than ______of college freshman rated magazine rankings “very important.”
A. 10% B. 15% C 20% D 25%
3.The author believes that the rankings have become ____in higher education .
A. a healthy force B.an unhealthy force
C. a great benefit D. an advantage
4.Many parents complain about _____when they talk about their children’s education.
A. campus violence B. drug abuse
C. after-school assignments D. basketball tryout
5.According to the spokeswoman for the American Association of Health Plans, has outstripped the increase in Medicare reimbursement.
A. Medicare inflation B. drug cost
C. Mediaid inflation D. medical service fee
6.The child born between 1947 and 1961 is frequently referred to as ______ .
A.“ boom baby” B. “boomer parents”
C. “ booming child” D.”booming girl”
7. The advantages of Harvard confer _____ benefits on the class slacker.
A. many B. few C. some D. any
8. In 1981, 6-8 –year-olds averaged ______minutes of homework per week.
A. 45 B. 50 C. 44 D.60
9. From the article we know that many HMOs are leaving________.
A. the medical a association B. Medicare
C. the General Accounting Office D. the United Health Group
10. The increase in Medicare payments ______ enough to make up for cuts made in 1997.
A. had been B. will have been
C. was not D. had not been
II. March the following words or phases on the left column with their correspondent explanations on the right（每题2分，共10分。）
A B
1. scourg a.scattered fragments; wreckage
2. debris b.money or property left to sb in a will
3. expunge c.remove or wipe out
4. egacy d.person or thing that causes suffering
5desperately e.to give little hope of success
III. Write T in the bracket if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.（每题2分，共10分。）
( )1. 1221 is located at 1221 Yan’an Xi Road.
( )2. Commemorative coins have been issued.
( )3. Dublin is the finalist city for 2008.
( )4. To build a highway is to bring visitors convenience and safety.
( )5. Many people want to make the sites as modern as possible.
IV．Fill in the blanks.（每题2分，共10分。）
1. The EC named Glasgow as_____.
2. Officials said perhaps as many as six coup attempts after the 1991 Persian _____war ended in failure.
3. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called____ “the enemy of the entire free world”.
4.In his speech on Sunday night, Mr. Sharon promised to strike “the _____ infrastructure” at its foundations.
5. Mr. Arafat’s close aide Nabil Aburdeineh said that the Palestinian People would be ____ and would not surrender.
V. Explain the following terms very briefly.（每题2分，共20分。）
1. crying jag:
2. SAT:
3. the non-partisan research:
4. prescription drug:
5. H.M.O.:
6. alma mater :
7. UCLA:
8. out-of –pocket costs:
9. the Medical program:
10.Sputnik:
VI．Answer the following questions（每题15分，共30分。）
1. What is the main problem for Gypsies in establishing a new country?
2. What can South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission do for South African people?
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